Carly Fiorina presidential campaign, 2016
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Carly Fiorina was a candidate for the office of vice president of the United States, running on a potential Republican ticket with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). She previously ran for the presidency but suspended her presidential campaign on February 10, 2016.[2]
Fiorina is the chairwoman of the American Conservative Union Foundation, the Unlocking Potential Project, Good360, and Opportunity International. She was chairwoman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard from 1999 to 2005. Fiorina ran unsuccessfully for United States Senate in California in 2010. She was defeated by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D).[3]
On March 29, 2015, when Chris Wallace, host of Fox News Sunday, asked Fiorina what her chances of running for president were, she said, "very high...higher than 90 percent." She added that she would likely announce her candidacy in late April or early May.[4] Only three previous presidents had no prior political experience, but all three of them, Zachary Taylor, Ulysses S. Grant, and Dwight Eisenhower, served as high-ranking military officials.[5]
Fiorina officially announced her campaign on May 4, 2015, on Good Morning America. She said, "Yes, I am running. I think I'm the best person for the job because I understand how the economy actually works. I understand the world; who's in it."[6]
After placing seventh in the New Hampshire primary, Fiorina suspended her campaign on February 10, 2016.[7] She posted to her Facebook, "This campaign was always about citizenship—taking back our country from a political class that only serves the big, the powerful, the wealthy, and the well connected. Election after election, the same empty promises are made and the same poll-tested stump speeches are given, but nothing changes. I've said throughout this campaign that I will not sit down and be quiet. I'm not going to start now. While I suspend my candidacy today, I will continue to travel this country and fight for those Americans who refuse to settle for the way things are and a status quo that no longer works for them."[8]
On April 27, 2016, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) announced that Fiorina would be his running mate if he were to win the Republican presidential nomination. "I have seen her day in, day out, on the campaign bus, going from stop to stop to stop that she is careful, she is measured, she is serious, she doesn't get overly excited, she doesn't get rattled by whatever is thrown at her," Cruz said.[9] Cruz suspended his presidential campaign on May 3, 2016, after losing the Indiana Republican primary to Donald Trump.[10]
In recent candidate rankings, Crowdpac ranked Fiorina as a 7.0C (C being conservative) on a scale ranging from 10L to 10C, making her the sixth most conservative Republican presidential candidate.[11] Fiorina received a grade of a "B-/81" from the Leadership Project for America PAC.[12]
On the issues
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| Birthday: September 6, 1954 |
| Birthplace: Austin, Texas |
| Alma maters: Stanford University
University of Maryland, College Park |
| Career: CEO, Hewlett-Packard (6 years)
President, Global Service Provider division, Lucent (1 year) |
| Spouse: Frank Fiorina |
| Stepdaughters: Traci and Lori Ann (deceased) |
| Religion: Christian |
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Economic and fiscal
Taxes
- During the fourth Republican primary debate on November 12, 2015, Carly Fiorina’s campaign posted her comments about simplifying the tax code to three pages on her Facebook page and linked to an example of a three-page tax plan. The post stated, “We need to radically simplify the tax code so that we can re-start the real engine of growth in our economy. That means our tax code needs to go from 73,000 pages down to about three pages. We also need to move from revenue-neutral to revenue-reducing tax reform, because the federal government spends far too much money. In order to do both of those things, we need to lower every rate and close every loophole. I will support a low, flat tax for businesses and individuals so that we fix the tax base and grow the economy. The Hoover Institution and Congressman Michael Burgess, M.D. both developed tax plans that do exactly this. Under their plans, both businesses and individuals can file their taxes on a simple form. They won’t need armies of accountants, lawyers, and lobbyists to figure out how to take advantage of loopholes and game the system because there will be no system to game.”[13]
- During the third Republican debate, held October 28, 2015, Carly Fiorina said she wants to reduce the tax code to just three pages. Fiorina said, "You know why three? Because only if it's about three pages are you leveling the playing field between the big, the powerful, the wealthy and the well-connected who can hire the armies of lawyers and accountants and, yes, lobbyists to help them navigate their way through 73,000 pages. Three pages is about the maximum that a single business owner or a farmer or just a couple can understand without hiring somebody. Almost 60 percent of American people now need to hire an expert to understand their taxes."[14]
- According to Carly Fiorina's 2010 "Economic Growth Plan," she supported extending the Bush tax cuts, eliminating the "capital gains tax on small-business investments" and eliminating the estate tax.[15]
- During a September 2010 debate, Fiorina said, "I have never been in favor of an Internet tax. I said it's a bad idea."[16]
Banking policy
- At the fourth Republican primary debate on November 10, 2015, Carly Fiorina discussed her desire to repeal the Dodd-Frank financial industry reform law. She said, "What do we have with Dodd-Frank? The classic of crony capitalism. The big have gotten bigger, 1,590 community banks have gone out of business, and on top of all that, we've created something called the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a vast bureaucracy with no congressional oversight that's digging through hundreds of millions of your credit records to detect fraud. This is how socialism starts, ladies and gentlemen. We must take our government back."[17]
- On October 28, 2015, Fiorina said she would allow large banks to fail. She added, "The truth is these banks are too big and too powerful now, and progressive policies have made them bigger and more powerful. Meanwhile, the smaller banks like community banks that are so critical to getting a small business started...have gone out of business. In other words, the big have gotten bigger and the small have gotten crushed."[18]
- Fiorina expressed no surprise at the August 2015 market selloffs on “Black Monday” in the United States, China and Europe. “I actually have been expecting a correction for some time now because the underlying fundamentals of the U.S. economy are not that strong. Two percent growth is pretty lackluster. Of course now we have the Fed Reserve backing off zero interest rates and China’s economy is slowing. There’s no doubt that China has some real issues in front of it and the devaluation of the Yuan as well as the huge selloff in their markets spell trouble ahead, so I think it’s justified,” she said.[19]
- In April 2015, Fiorina said Wall Street reform should begin with an evaluation of "the 26 regulatory agencies that were supposed to be overseeing the financial system, that were supposed to be predicting the financial crisis" and the repeal of Dodd-Frank.[20]
Government regulations
- In a radio interview on November 21, 2015, Carly Fiorina called the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans “unconstitutional” and said she would “roll it back.” The program, created by President Obama, shields eligible immigrant parents of U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents from deportation and grants them with temporary work permits.[21]
- At the fourth Republican primary debate on November 10, 2015, Fiorina discussed her position on government regulations. She said, "In addition to rolling back what President Obama has done, we need to do a top-to-bottom review of every single regulation on the books. That hasn't been done in 50 years. We need to pass the REINS Act so Congress is in charge of regulation, not nameless, faceless bureaucrats accountable to no one. We've become a nation of rules, not a nation of laws. And finally we actually, yes, have to hold government officials accountable for their performance. All this has to be done, and the citizens of this nation must help a President Fiorina get it done. We must take our government back."[22]
- On August 9, 2015, Fiorina said she would help shrink the federal government by reducing the number of public employees if she were president. “We have never succeeded in shrinking the size of government. So, let me tell you something else. We have a bunch of baby boomers who are going to retire out of the federal government over the next five to six years. I will not replace a single one. And yes, we need to actually get about the business of reducing the size, the power, the cost, complexity and corruption of this federal government,” Fiorina said.[23]
- When asked how she would limit the role of government during a Q&A series by Breitbart, Fiorina advocated for undoing President Obama’s “lawless executive orders,” a return to zero-base budgeting and greater accountability for federal employees.[24]
International trade
- Carly Fiorina criticized the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal during an interview on "The Laura Ingraham Show" on December 1, 2015. Citing the inclusion of previous environmental agreements in the deal, Fiorina said, “[T]hese extremely complicated, multi-party agreements are not in our interest, because buried in the 5,000 pages negotiated with 12 other countries, are trap doors. ...trade agreements are far better when negotiated bilaterally, as opposed to multilaterally. Secondly, it makes no sense to lock this country in to a multilateral agreement, negotiated over years in secret, that has trap doors, such as you just described.”[25]
- On November 9, 2015, Fiorina said she opposed the TPP trade deal. She said, “It’s 30 chapters long the thing has been negotiated in secret for almost two years. The people only now are getting a look at what’s in this thing. ...“There’s a whole bunch of stuff in there that can only be described as crony capitalism, special giveaways to certain industries.” Fiorina also said she wants to simplify the tax code and examine all of the regulations created by the Obama administration.[26]
- During a May 10, 2015, interview on NBC's "Meet the Press," Fiorina commented on the TPP trade deal. She said, "The truth is, we don't know what's in this deal. We know that we have trading partners who have violated agreements in trade deals. ...I think it's important to understand some of the fine print of this deal. This is being sold as an opportunity for America to strengthen its lead and its partnerships in the Asia-Pacific region. I certainly agree with that goal. On the other hand, if the truth is in these details, that China gets to join later, then what exactly are we doing here?"[27]
- According to Carly Fiorina's 2010 "Economic Growth Plan," she promised to "support and vote to approve the United States’ free trade agreements with South Korea and Colombia, as well as the Panama Trade Promotion Agreement."[15]
Budgets
- At the fourth Republican primary debate on November 10, 2015, Carly Fiorina said that she supports moving the federal government to zero-based budgeting, a method popular in the private sector in which all expenses must be justified for each new period. Zero-based budgeting starts from a "zero base" and every function within an organization is analyzed for its needs and costs. She said "We need to go to zero-based budgeting so we know where every dollar is being spent, we can challenge any dollar, cut any dollar, move any dollar."[28] [29]
- During a 2010 debate, Fiorina proposed instituting "a spending cap" and returning "spending, as a beginning, to 2008 levels." She also said she "would call on the federal government to freeze pay. I would call on the federal government as well to only hire one person for every two that leave government service." In addition, she proposed giving "every American the possibility of designating up to 10 percent of their federal tax dollars towards paying down the debt. If every single American designated 10 percent of their tax dollars, we could reduce the deficit by $95 billion a year."[16]
- During a 2010 debate, Fiorina said she would not cut funding for national security.[16]
- According to her 2010 Senate campaign website, "Carly believes the federal government must start with obvious reforms: abolishing earmarks, forcing honest accounting, taking the power to cook the books away from politicians, and limiting federal salaries and benefits. These first steps can go a long way in eliminating some of the billions of dollars of waste and bloat that sits in our federal budget."[30]
Agricultural subsidies
- Carly Fiorina spoke against government regulation of farming at the Iowa Corn Growers Association's annual meeting in August 2015. She said, “I have seen the agriculture industry almost destroyed in the state of California. By bad policies and bad politics. We have seen industry after industry after industry decimated, we are seeing the most productive agricultural land in the world – in the Central valley of California – being destroyed by the Environmental Protection Agency." Fiorina added, “Let us establish 2022 as the end point, let’s have a level playing field from now until 2022. But in 2022, the government needs to get out of all this. Fossil fuels, sugar, corn subsidies – government needs to get out of all it.”[31]
- In March 2015, Fiorina proposed phasing out all subsidies. She said, "We need to phase out sugar, oil and renewable fuels but do it at the same time so that we're not disadvantaging any one state or industry."[32]
Federal assistance programs
- According to a November 11, 2015, article in The Des Moines Register, Carly Fiorina’s "plan to close the economic opportunity gap revolves around welfare reform. She believes people develop a dependence on welfare programs that causes them not to seek out better opportunities for fear of losing their benefits. While Fiorina doesn’t want to do away with welfare programs entirely, she would like to see them radically reorganized so they work better to lift people out of poverty. Wrapped up in her opinions on income inequality is her assertion there needs to be a climate that supports entrepreneurship and helps small and family-owned business prosper, which she says will also help lift people out of poverty.”[33]
- According to a 2010 PolitiFact article, "Fiorina has indicated she would accept some form of cuts to Social Security and Medicare for younger workers, but time and again she has refused to be specific, and only speaks about curtailing future spending for the programs in vague generalities. Still, that does not give the Boxer campaign the right to fill in the blanks. We do know that Fiorina supports slowing the growth of such programs to rein in government spending, but we don't know what specific proposals would look like."[34]
Labor and employment
- While speaking at the Iowa State Fair on August 17, 2015, Carly Fiorina rejected the federal minimum wage. “First, I believe that minimum wage should be a state decision, not a federal decision. Why? Because it makes no sense to say that the minimum wage in New York City is the same as the minimum wage in Mason City, Iowa. Secondly, we have to remember that a lot of minimum-wage jobs are jobs where people start, and in those jobs they learn skills to move forward. So we need to be honest about the consequences of raising a minimum wage too high. One of the consequences is that young people who are trapped in poor neighborhoods will have less opportunities to learn skills and move forward,” Fiorina explained.[35]
- On August 9, 2015, Fiorina said it was not the government’s place to mandate paid maternity leave. "I don't think it's the role of government to dictate to the private sector how to manage their businesses, especially when it's pretty clear that the private sector, like Netflix, like the example that you just gave, is doing the right thing because they know it helps them attract the right talent," Fiorina explained in a CNN interview.[36]
Foreign affairs
Iran nuclear deal
- During the second Republican primary debate on September 16, 2015, Carly Fiorina called upon America to show true leadership in principles and national security. “I would like to link these two issues, both of which are incredibly important, Iran and Planned Parenthood," said Fiorina. "One has something to do with the defense of the security of this nation. The other has something to do with the defense of the character of this nation. You have not heard a plan about Iran from any politician up here, here is my plan. On day one in the Oval Office, I will make two phone calls, the first to my good friend to Bibi Netanyahu to reassure him we will stand with the state of Israel. The second, to the supreme leader, to tell him that unless and until he opens every military and every nuclear facility to real anytime, anywhere inspections by our people, not his, we, the United States of America, will make it as difficult as possible and move money around the global financial system. We can do that, we don't need anyone's cooperation to do it. And every ally and every adversary we have in this world will know that the United States in America is back in the leadership business, which is how we must stand with our allies.”[37]
- After an Iran nuclear deal was reached on July 14, 2015, Fiorina criticized the method and final product of the negotiations. Fiorina said, "It would be different if Iran was a good actor and had negotiated in good faith all this time but they haven't and we've caved many times. I've never negotiated an Iran nuclear deal, but I've negotiated a lot of high-stakes deals, and there are a couple of rules and every rule has been broken. If you want a good deal, you've got to walk away sometimes. We never did." She also expressed her skepticism that Iran would comply with inspections.[38]
- In an April 2, 2015, op-ed, Fiorina wrote the following about the Iran nuclear deal: "The deal that the United States has negotiated with Iran poses a grave threat to American security at home and abroad. U.S. officials know that Iran has had a long-term plan to gain a nuclear weapon and destabilize the region through its support of terrorist organizations. And it is known that President Rouhani has never agreed to full and unfettered United Nations inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities. The Iranian government has repeatedly, flagrantly violated sanctions put in place by the United Nations. We know that they have flat-out lied about every nuclear facility they have built over the last three decades. This is not the behavior of a potential ally or of a partner. These are the actions of a country trying to bluff its way into persuading the United Nations, the United States, and its allies to allow it the freedom to develop a nuclear weapon for military purposes. Because of these facts, we cannot trust anything they sign. Until Iran is prepared to (and opens its nuclear facilities to) full and unfettered UN-sanctioned inspections and demonstrates that they are willing to halt uranium enrichment, we cannot place any trust in any deal that is made. ...This is not an agreement which will make Americans proud. It is not a deal that demonstrates our strength and resolve at home and abroad. Our allies will not point to this as a signal of our continued support."[39]
Military preparedness and budget
- According to The Daily Beast in September 2015, Carly Fiorina’s proposed military program would cost an additional $500 billion over 10 years.[40]
- During a 2010 debate, Fiorina said, "I believe that there is many, much opportunity to save money in the Defense Department. I served on the Defense Business Board. However, I believe our military needs support. I would not cut funding for national security."[16]
National security
- During the sixth Republican presidential primary debate, on January 14, 2016, Carly Fiorina discussed having the government working with tech companies to fight terrorism: “As CEO of Hewlett Packard, I was asked very specifically for some very real help. The help I was asked to provide, this is now public information. So I am not revealing what -- something that was -- was classified. We had a very large shipment of equipment, software and hardware, headed to a retail outlet. And I was called by the head of the NSA, who had an urgent need for that capability, to begin laying out a program to track terrorists. We turned that truck around on a highway and it was escorted to the headquarters in San Jose. In World War II, our government went to the private sector and said, help us do things that we cannot do. The private sector has capabilities that the government does not have. There are some legal authorities that are required. The Sony attack could have been detected and repelled, had legal authorities been passed in Congress allowing private networks and public networks to work together. Those legal authorities have not yet been passed. Yes, I was asked to help. I know the technology industry. They will help again. But they must be asked by a president who understands what they have.”[41]
- At the fifth GOP primary debate on December 15, 2015, Fiorina said she would enlist the private sector to help fight agains terrorism: “You know, listening to this conversation, let me just say, we have a lot of argument about laws but none of it solves the problem. Let's examine what happened, why did we miss the Tsarnaev brothers, why did we miss the San Bernardino couple? It wasn't because we had stopped collected metadata it was because, I think, as someone who comes from the technology world, we were using the wrong algorithms. This is a place where the private sector could be helpful because the government is woefully behind the technology curve. But secondly, the bureaucratic processes that have been in place since 9/11 are woefully inadequate as well. What do we now know? That DHS vets people by going into databases of known or suspected terrorists. And yet, we also know that ISIS is recruiting who are not in those databases. So of course, we're going to miss them. And then we now learn that DHS says, ‘No, we can't check their social media.’ For heaven's sakes, every parent in America is checking social media and every employer is as well, but our government can't do it. The bureaucratic procedures are so far behind. Our government has become incompetent, unresponsive, corrupt. And that incompetence, ineptitude, lack of accountability is now dangerous. It is why we need a different kind of leadership in the White House that understands how to get bureaucracies competent again.”[42]
- In an interview with Breitbart on December 14, 2015, Fiorina said she would do three things to improve cybersecurity in the U.S. She said she would "retaliate against China and Russia" for hacking into sensitive systems; “stand up a centralized cyber command, and that command would be responsible for all aspects of our government response;” and enable the private and public sector to engage more by passing a law to make information-sharing legal.[43]
- Speaking at the Iowa Presidential Tech Town Hall on December 7, 2015, Fiorina warned that the U.S. is “woefully unprepared for cyberterrorism.” She said, “ISIS is getting better and better at using encrypted communications to recruit and radicalize within our own country. ISIS knows how to make their recruits disappear online and they now have around-the-clock help desks to pass on technological information and training to other terrorist organizations.” In response, Fiorina would create a central cybersecurity command that works with private companies to improve the government’s data strategy.[44]
International relations
- Following reports of North Korea’s hydrogen bomb test Carly Fiorina tweeted on January 6, 2016, "North Korea is yet another Hillary Clinton foreign policy failure. America cannot lead from behind." On Facebook she posted, "Of course North Korea would conduct a nuclear test after watching Iran willfully violate an agreement they just made without consequence of any kind from this administration. North Korea is yet another Hillary Clinton foreign policy failure. America cannot lead from behind.”[45]
- At the fifth GOP primary debate on December 15, 2015, Fiorina discussed how she would deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin: “I didn't say I would cut off all communication with Putin. What I said was as president of the United States, now is not the time to talk with him. Reagan walked away at Reykjavik. There is a time and a place for everything. There is a time and a place for talk. And there is a time and a place for action. I know Vladimir Putin. He respects strength. He lied to our president's face; didn't both to tell him about warplanes and troops going into Syria. We need to speak to him from a position of strength. So as commander in chief, I will not speak to him until we've set up that no-fly zone; until we've gathered our Sunni-Arab allies and begun to deny ISIS territory; until I've called the supreme leader of Iran and told him new deal - new deal. We the United States of America are going to cut off the money flow, which we can do; which we don't need anyone's permission or collaboration to do. And I will not speak to him personally until we've rebuilt the 6th Fleet a little bit right under his nose; rebuilt the missile defense program in Poland right under his nose; and conducted a few military exercises in the Baltic states. And let us remember one other thing. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are responsible for the growth of ISIS because they precipitously withdrew from Iraq in 2011 against the advice of every single general and for political expediency. It's not these people up here. It's Hillary Clinton.”[46]
- Fiorina explained how she would handle Russian President Vladimir Putin during a campaign event at the Citadel on December 1, 2015. She said, “Vladimir Putin is a formidable foe. I've met him and he is a man who lusts for power. … We will establish a no-fly zone. Our jets will fly whenever and wherever they want. And, I would be rebuilding the 6th-fleet right under his nose, begin rebuilding the missile defense program right under his nose, conducting regular military exercises in the Baltic states. And then we can talk, Mr. Putin."[47]
- On the September 2015 GOP debate state, Fiorina stated that she would not negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but would let her actions speak instead. She claimed she would begin rebuilding the Sixth Fleet and the missile defense program in Poland, “conduct regular, aggressive military exercises in the Baltic states” and “probably send a few thousand more troops into Germany” and Putin would “get the message.”[37]
Epidemic control
- On August 13, 2015, Carly Fiorina said that although childhood vaccinations should “always be the parent’s choice,” public schools should also be permitted to block unvaccinated children from attending. She added, however, “I think when we’re talking about some of these more esoteric immunizations, then I think absolutely a parent should have a choice and a school district shouldn’t be able to say, ‘Sorry, your kid can’t come to school’ for a disease that’s not communicable, that’s not contagious, and where there really isn’t any proof that they’re necessary at this point."[48][49]
ISIS and terrorism
- During the seventh Republican presidential primary debate on January 28, 2016, Carly Fiorina discussed her thoughts on ISIS, Iran and Benghazi: “Well let me tell you this: news flash, President Obama, news flash, Mrs. Clinton -- climate change is not our most pressing national security threat. Actually -- actually, it is ISIS, followed closely by Iran. And those two things are linked, so that when our president cozies up to Iran, all of our allies in the Middle East, who are ready to help us defeat ISIS, wonder whose side we're on. And the truth is, under this president, we are on Iran's side, not our allies', who would help us defeat ISIS. You know, one of the things we have to start with is understanding that we must stand up to adversaries. So Hillary Clinton famously asked, what difference does it make how four Americans died in Benghazi? This is the difference it makes, Mrs. Clinton. When terrorists purposefully attack an American embassy and kill four Americans, including an ambassador, and the next morning you get up and you lie about a videotape that doesn't represent our values, instead of saying the United States of America was purposefully attacked by terrorists, and we will seek retribution, then you are saying to every adversary and every adversary and every terrorist organization on the planet, it's open season. That, Mrs. Clinton, is what difference it makes.”[50]
- In a interview with Glamour, published January 12, 2016, Fiorina said ISIS was posed the biggest threat to the nation. She said, “[President Obama has] talked about climate change as our greatest near-term national security threat. No—ISIS is.... When the President talks about ‘containing’ them, it's clear he doesn't understand the nature of the threat. We cannot contain them. We must defeat them. And we start by denying them territory, which is why I've said over and over, I will lead a coalition, particularly of our Sunni Arab allies, to deny ISIS territory. … I'm talking about more effective air strikes, guided by more special operations forces. Our allies, who are fighting ISIS as we speak, have asked us for specific support that Obama isn't providing. King Abdullah II of Jordan, a man I've known a long time, [was in this country] when the Jordanian pilot was burned alive in a cage.... He [has asked] for bombs and matériel for his air force. We haven't provided it. I will.... The Kuwaitis, Jordanians, Saudis, Egyptians, Bahrainis, Emiratis, Kurds, Turks—all of them understand this is their fight also. But they can't win it without our leadership.”[51]
- In the same interview, Fiorina said that the nation should not welcome Syrian refugees without checking their backgrounds. She said. “Until we can vet them properly and assure the American people there are not terrorists among them, we cannot let them into this country…. If we can't vet them—and we cannot adequately today, because they come from a war-torn region and don't have documentation—we can't let them in.”.[52]
- At the fifth GOP primary debate on December 15, 2015, Fiorina discussed her plan to defeat ISIS: “Well, first I'll just point out that talking tough is not the same as being strong. And to wage war, we need a commander in chief who has made tough calls in tough times and stood up to be held accountable over and over, not first-term senators who've never made an executive decision in their life. One of the things I would immediately do, in addition to defeating them here at home, is bring back the warrior class - Petraeus, McChrystal, Mattis, Keane, Flynn. Every single one of these generals I know. Every one was retired early because they told President Obama things that he didn't want to hear. We must have Sunni-Arabs involved in this coalition. We must commit leadership, strength, support and resolve. I'll just add that Margaret Thatcher once said, ‘If you want something talked about, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.’”[53]
- During a speech at the 2015 Sunshine Summit in Orlando, Florida on November 14, 2015, Fiorina criticized President Barack Obama, saying that she was "angry that just yesterday morning, hours before the Paris attacks began and against all the evidence, President Obama declared ISIS 'contained' and took a victory lap. They are not a JV team, Mr. President. They are not contained. They are at our shores and their measure of victory is the body count."[54]
Syrian refugees
- In a radio interview on November 21, 2015, Fiorina said the U.S. should “do whatever is necessary to ensure that we do not have terrorists coming into this nation.” She outlined her plan to combat ISIS by regaining ISIS-controlled territory, deploying more special forces to “direct” a “more effective bombing campaign,” and remaining vigilant against Iran and Russia. On the unrelated immigration issue of Deferred Action for Parents of Americans, Fiorina said that the program was “unconstitutional” and she would “roll it back.”[55]
- At a campaign event on November 17, 2015, in Concord, N.H., Carly Fiorina discussed allowing Syrian refugees into the U.S. during the event. She said, “As pitiful as these pictures are of mothers and their children—as pitiful as they are—the truth is this: The vast majority of these refugees are young, able-bodied men looking for work. And we do not have a moral obligation to provide everybody looking for work with an opportunity to work. So let’s start with that.”[56]
Domestic
Federalism
Legislative
- In 2015, conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt began asking Republican candidates on his show if they would be willing to use the Senate "nuclear option" in order to get rid of the filibuster and repeal Obamacare. Carly Fiorina is one of several candidates who said she would do so.[57]
Judiciary
- During an October 7, 2015, appearance on “The Federalist Radio Hour,” Carly Fiorina said “eminent domain has been abused . . . by the collusion between governments eager for revenue and businesses eager for competitive advantage. So I find the [Kelo v. City of New London] case—if ever there was a case for judicial engagement instead of judicial restraint, it's this set of issues.” Kelo was a 2005 Supreme Court interpreting what constituted “public use” for a legitimate taking of land by eminent domain. The comment was seen as directed toward Donald Trump who used the tool as a real estate developer.[58]
- According to The San Francisco Gate, Fiorina said she "probably would have voted for" Justice Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court.[59]
First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
- On April 1, 2015, Carly Fiorina posted the following comments on her Facebook page in response to the debate about Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act: "It is frankly sad to me that politics has become a fact-free zone. It is sad that so many people on the left were quick to turn this into a divisive and destructive debate so they could further their own brand of identity politics. It is sad that CEOs took to Twitter before checking their facts, adding to the division instead of helping build tolerance. This debate represents what so many believe is wrong with our politics. It has taken an emotional issue for people on both sides and politicians have used it to divide and to score points with their team. It has been tough for some in the media to understand my position because I refuse to join the game of name calling and vitriol. Politics shouldn't be a game, however. We must find a way to respect one another, to celebrate a culture that protects religious freedom while condemning discrimination."[60] Click here for Fiorina's full statement.
Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
- During the sixth Republican presidential primary debate, on January 14, 2016, Carly Fiorina criticized President Obama’s executive actions on gun control: “First of all, it is yet another lawless executive order. You see, he doesn't like the fact that Congress has rejected his ideas twice on a bipartisan basis, so he's decided he just gets to override them. Sorry, Mr. President, not the way ‘The Constitution’ works. Secondly, he basically admitted in that speech that he hasn't been paying much attention to enforcing the laws we have. He said, gee, we need a few more FBI agents. That would have helped, perhaps, stop a tragedy here in South Carolina with Dylann Roof, a guy who clearly never should have been sold a gun. In other words, Mr. President, you're right, we need to enforce the laws we have. Let's enforce the laws we have. There are criminals running around with guns who shouldn't have them. We don't prosecute any of them. Less than 1 percent.”[61]
- On December 3, 2015, Fiorina said she opposed barring individuals on terror watch lists from purchasing guns. "That's kind of a red herring, honestly. If somebody is a suspected terrorist on a watch list they can be indicted at any time. And once you are indicted you cannot own a firearm. So let's enforce the laws we have. Let's start with that,” she said. Fiorina added that some people were mistakenly placed on the terror watch list: "My best friend's husband was on the watch list for years, it was a complete mistake. He also happened to be a gun owner. If I had utter faith in the competence of government I might agree with that, but do you? I don't. The government screws up all the time."[62]
- On December 2, 2015, Fiorina criticized President Obama’s and Hillary Clinton’s responses to the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. She said, “Without knowing any of the facts of what has happened there or why, President Obama and Hillary Clinton immediately came out and made a political statement for gun control. Instead of Mrs. Clinton calling for more laws, why don’t we enforce the laws that we have and, as well, enforce the Second Amendment?"[63]
- According to her 2010 Senate campaign website, "Carly is a strong proponent of protecting Americans’ Second Amendment rights. Carly believes the rights outlined in the Second Amendment are a critical part of our country’s founding principles and that it is the responsibility of our leaders in Sacramento and in Washington to uphold and defend these fundamental rights."[64]
Crime and justice
- Carly Fiorina shared the story of her stepdaughter’s struggle with drug addiction at the Addiction Policy Forum at Southern New Hampshire University on January 5, 2016. She said, “There’s an old saying. The eyes are the window to the soul. And as Lori grew progressively sicker, the sparkle, the potential, the possibilities that had once filled her life – disappeared from behind her eyes.” Fiorina called for treatment solutions to fight drug addiction rather than imprisonment. Speaking about her stepdaughter’s time in jail, she said, “I know that experience did not help because I saw her as she came out.”[65]
- According to her 2010 Senate campaign website, "Carly supports the death penalty for our nation’s worst murderers."[64]
Natural resources
Energy development
- During a March 21, 2014, interview on Fox Business, Carly Fiorina argued that the Keystone XL Pipeline should be approved and expressed her support for exporting natural gas.[66]
- In April 2010, Fiorina expressed her support for "off-shore drilling if it can be 'done in an environmentally safe way,'" according to CNN. Fiorina also said, "I wouldn't say, 'drill baby drill.' ...If we are serious about growing our economy and lessening our dependence on foreign oil, then offshore drilling has to be part of that equation."[67]
- According to her 2010 "Economic Growth Plan," Fiorina proposed eliminating cap and trade and replacing it with a "comprehensive energy policy for the country that relies on the development of energy from many sources including clean coal, nuclear power, wind, solar, and increased access to domestic sources of petroleum."[15]
Healthcare
- Carly Fiorina wrote an op-ed in TIME to promote her plan “to repeal Obamacare and promote the free market in healthcare.” She said Obamacare should be replaced “with a plan that protects those with pre-existing conditions in state-run high-risk pools, reduces costs, protects religious liberty and moves us closer to real, genuine competition that drives down costs and drives up quality.” She pointed to the healthcare proposal of U.S. Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) as an example of such a plan.[68]
- In a interview with Glamour, published January 12, 2016, Fiorina called for the government to require healthcare-related companies to publish their prices, costs, and outcomes. She said, “Emergency room visits are up. Health insurance premiums are up. We're throwing more and more people into Medicaid, and yet fewer and fewer doctors are accepting reimbursement for Medicaid insurance. We need to try the free markets…. [But] one thing the government should mandate—I don't use that term lightly—is that every health care provider, every health insurance company, the pharmaceutical industry publish their prices, costs, and outcomes…. That's the only way to start putting power back in the hands of patients: transparency.”[69]
- At the fourth Republican primary debate, Fiorina discussed her views on healthcare. She said, "Obamacare has to be repealed because … it's failing the very people it was intended to help, but, also, it is croney-capitalism [sic] at its worst. Who helped write this bill? Drug companies, insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, every single one of those kinds of companies are bulking up to deal with big government. See, that's what happens. As government gets bigger, and bigger -- and it has been for 50 years under republicans and democrats alike -- and business have to bulk up to deal with big government. So, we have to repeal it. It's tens of thousands of pages long, no one can possible [sic] understand it except the big companies, the lawyers, the accountants, the lobbyists that they hire to protect their interests. Then, we have to give back to states the responsibility to manage a high risk pool. We need to try the one thing in health insurance we've never tried. Health insurance has always been a cozy, little game between regulators and health insurance companies. We need to try the free market. The free market. Where people actually have to compete."[70]
- During a town hall event in Idaho, Fiorina argued that healthcare would be improved if consumers had more information about costs. She said, "The federal government should mandate, that healthcare providers of all kinds publish on a regular basis their costs, their prices, and their outcomes."[71]
- In September 2015, Sarah Isgur Flores, a spokeswoman for Fiorina, said the candidate had not supported an individual mandate during a 2013 interview. Flores explained, “She was agreeing with the Heritage proposal, which said that there would be some type of catastrophic care requirement – set up a little like auto damage liability insurance – aimed at reducing taxpayer costs of unexpected ER visits. Not what Obamacare required, which is actually high end insurance coverage."[72]
- In her 2010 "Economic Growth Plan," Fiorina proposed repealing Obamacare and replacing it "with a bill that relies on creating more competition, reducing the role of government, lowering costs and enhancing the quality of care."[15]
- During a September 2010 debate, Fiorina said, "Let us subsidize a high-risk pool, for high-risk individuals. It would cost us much less money than this health care bill."[16]
Immigration
- In a radio interview on November 21, 2015, Carly Fiorina called the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans “unconstitutional” and said she would “roll it back.” The program, created by President Obama, shields eligible immigrant parents of U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents from deportation and grants them with temporary work permits.[73]
- At the 2015 GOP debate, Fiorina said, “You can't just wave your hands and say ‘the 14th Amendment is gonna go away.’ It will take an extremely arduous vote in Congress, followed by two-thirds of the states, and if that doesn't work to amend the Constitution, then it is a long, arduous process in court. And meanwhile, what will continue to go on is what has gone on for 25 years.”[37]
- In August 2015, Fiorina said she did not support “amending the Constitution or challenging the 14th Amendment.” She also noted she would be interested in legislation similar to the DREAM Act offering foreign-born children who grew up in the United States without documentation the opportunity to become citizens. “I don’t think we should punish children for the sins of their fathers and mothers,” Fiorina said.[74]
- According to her 2010 Senate campaign website, Fiorina supported securing the border and "developing an effective visa program and temporary worker program to support legal immigrants who fulfill important roles in our nation’s economy."[75]
- During an April 2010 interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Fiorina commented on Arizona's immigration law. She said, "The people of Arizona did what they felt they had to do. I support their need to protect their citizens. But what we ought to be talking about is the federal government needs to secure the border."[67]
- During the interview she also said, "I do not support amnesty."[67]
Education
- Discussing her policy positions on education on December 18, 2015, in Iowa, Carly Fiorina said that although she would transfer money from the Department of Education to local communities, she would not close the agency. She also expressed approval of the Nevada Education Savings Accounts program, saying, “Our states are our labs of democracy, and the experiment that Nevada is running is an interesting one because it says when parents have choices, students succeed. We need to put the power into parents’ hands, into communities’ hands and give them the choice as to what to do with their education.” She added, “But I won’t dictate from the federal government that program or any other. Direction has to come from the communities."[76]
- During an Iowa campaign event on December 7, 2015, Fiorina discussed issues that are important to the tech industry. She said, “Having led the world’s largest technology company, I know what it will take for America to lead in this realm. We must have a president who understands technology — both as a tool and as a weapon.” She also criticized the federal government’s involvement in STEM education, noting that initiatives like Common Core and No Child Left Behind have only increased the size of government bureaucracy and not helped students gain the knowledge required to enter the tech industry. Fiorina said businesses should take a more proactive approach in identifying students who are interested in technology and helping them develop their knowledge and skills by offering “mentorship, internships, college scholarship and, ultimately, jobs,” as Hewlett-Packard did when she was CEO of the company. She said, “Everyone needs a helping hand. We have the talent, but we have to invest in it.”[77]
- On August 19, 2015, Fiorina suggested the Common Core was too heavily influenced by companies. “Common Core may have started out as a set of standards, but what it’s turned into is a program that, honestly, is being overly influenced by companies that have something to gain - testing companies and textbook companies. And it’s becoming a set of standards not on what a kid has to learn, but instead on how a teacher has to teach and how a student should learn, and that kind of standardization is always going to drive achievement down, not up,” Fiorina said.[78]
Abortion
- Carly Fiorina reportedly “ambushed” a field trip of Iowa elementary school students on January 20, 2016, when she held an anti-abortion rally at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden and directed the children to join her on stage. “The problem, one parent said, was that the children’s parents had not given Fiorina permission to have their children sit with her – in front of a huge banner bearing the image of an unborn foetus – while she talked about harvesting organs from aborted babies,” The Guardian noted.[80]
- On December 11, 2015, Carly Fiorina debated CNN anchor Chris Cuomo about the consequences of saying that there was video footage of a Planned Parenthood technician discussing how to harvest fetal tissue from an aborted fetus with “its heart beating” and “legs kicking.” After asking Fiorina if she felt any “regret” following the Colorado shooting at Planned Parenthood, Cuomo said, "You're saying that the raw portions of the videos substantiate the claims that you and others made. That has not been proven to any satisfaction in any objective way. There were scenes and pictures depicting horrible things that nobody should want to see that weren't authentic. … No [sic] you have somebody who went out and killed in the name of that.” Fiorina responded, “Chris, careful, you're a journalist. I don't recall anybody in the pro-life community celebrating this tragedy ... I think you've bought the Planned Parenthood line hook, line, and sinker. So, good to know that."[81]
- During during an interview on the December 1, 2015 Laura Ingraham Show, Fiorina discussed Planned Parenthood’s fetal tissue practices. She said, “let’s be accurate and factual about Planned Parenthood, okay, here’s some facts. Planned Parenthood acknowledged, just a couple weeks ago, that they will no longer take compensation for the sale of body parts, or as they call it, fetal tissue. I would call that an admission. Factually speaking, Planned Parenthood funnels millions of dollars in political contributions, as a taxpayer-funded organization, to pro-abortion candidates.”[82]
- During an interview on Fox News Sunday, Fiorina criticized Planned Parenthood for blaming anti-abortion rhetoric for the attacks on a Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado on November 27, 2015. She said, “This is so typical of the left, to immediately begin demonizing the messenger because they don’t agree with the message. What I would say to anyone who would try to link this terrible tragedy to anyone who opposes abortion or the sale of body parts, is this is typical, left-wing tactics.”[83]
- Following her strong words against Planned Parenthood in the September 16, 2015, GOP debate, several news outlets said that Fiorina had fabricated a video that showed a fetus kicking its legs after an abortion. According to Breitbart, the video exists. It shows a moving fetus that survived an abortion, although the fetus shown is not the same one discussed in the narration by whistleblower Holly O’Donnell. Breitbart noted this is clearly labeled in the video.[84]
- During CNN's September 16, 2015, Republican presidential debate, Fiorina linked the Iran nuclear agreement and defunding Planned Parenthood. She said, "Dana, I would like to link these two issues, both of which are incredibly important, Iran and Planned Parenthood. One has something to do with the defense of the security of this nation. The other has something to do with the defense of the character of this nation. You have not heard a plan about Iran from any politician up here, here is my plan. On day one in the Oval Office, I will make two phone calls, the first to my good friend to Bibi Netanyahu to reassure him we will stand with the state of Israel. The second, to the supreme leader, to tell him that unless and until he opens every military and every nuclear facility to real anytime, anywhere inspections by our people, not his, we, the United States of America, will make it as difficult as possible and move money around the global financial system. We can do that, we don't need anyone's cooperation to do it. And every ally and every adversary we have in this world will know that the United States in America is back in the leadership business, which is how we must stand with our allies. As regards Planned Parenthood, anyone who has watched this videotape, I dare Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama to watch these tapes. Watch a fully formed fetus on the table, it's heart beating, it's legs kicking while someone says we have to keep it alive to harvest its brain. This is about the character of our nation, and if we will not stand up in and force President Obama to veto this bill, shame on us."[85]
| "Carly Fiorina on Planned Parenthood," September 16, 2015. |
- On July 26, 2015, Fiorina discounted suggestions that it mattered the videos released by the Center for Medical Progress had been edited. "I find it fascinating that Planned Parenthood, EMILY's List and all the rest of the pro-abortion lobby are now suddenly so concerned about a heavily edited video. I don’t recall them ever being concerned about a heavily edited video of Mitt Romney at a fundraiser. I don’t remember them being concerned about Edward Snowden. We’ve had a lot of things where information has come out that we needed to see. So, instead of going after the people who have put out this video information we clearly need to see, let’s talk about the issue here. Of course they’re trying to change the subject. Of course they’re trying to say this is life-saving research," Fiorina said.[86]
- After a second video was released by the Center for Medical Progress showing a Planned Parenthood official discussing the use of fetal tissue from abortions, Fiorina released her own video questioning the "moral depravity" and "hypocrisy" of Planned Parenthood. Before calling for the defunding of Planned Parenthood and the passage of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, Fiorina criticized the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton for remaining silent on the issue.[87][88]
- On July 14, 2015, the Center for Medical Progress, an anti-abortion advocacy group, released a video showing a senior director from Planned Parenthood discussing how the organization provided tissue from aborted fetuses to medical research facilities. Fiorina responded by releasing the following statement on her Facebook page: "I am proudly pro-life. I believe that every human life has potential and that every human life is precious. This latest news is tragic and outrageous. This isn’t about 'choice.' It’s about profiting on the death of the unborn while telling women it’s about empowerment."[89][90]
- During a 2010 interview, Fiorina explained her personal stance on abortion. She said, "I myself was not able to have children of my own, and so I know what a precious gift life is. My husband's mother was told to abort him. She spent a year in the hospital after his birth. My husband is the joy of her life, and he is the rock of my life. So those experiences have shaped my view. I recognize that a lot of women disagree with me on that. But I also know that women in general are not single-issue voters. When I talk to women on this, it's not the issue that is on the table in this election."[91]
- Fiorina also said, "Many, many voters are going to conclude while that [abortion] is a very important issue, it is frankly a decided issue. The law is clear in the state of California, where there is a constitutional guarantee to the right to an abortion. So why are we talking about a theoretical issue?"[91]
Gay rights
- Carly Fiorina answered a series of 12 questions from The Christian Post on January 4, 2016, including what Americans opposed to same-sex marriage should do following Obergefell v. Hodges and the importance of Fiorina’s faith to her politics. “I have been tested. My faith has been tested. I have battled breast cancer. I have buried a child. Through it all, the love of my family and my personal relationship with Jesus Christ has seen me through. And on this journey my family and my faith will see me through as well. I will not falter, and I will not shrink from this fight,” Fiorina said.[92]
- In response to a video that captured a Kentucky government employee refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses, Fiorina stated on September 1, 2015, that as a government employee the clerk’s actions were “not appropriate” and that the woman had a difficult decision to make. She said, “while I disagree with this court’s decision, their actions are clear. And so I think in this particular case. This woman now needs to make a decision that’s conscious — is she prepared to continue to work for the government, be paid for by the government in which case she needs to execute the government’s will, or does she feel so strongly about this that she wants to sever her employment with the government and go seek employment elsewhere where her religious liberties would be paramount over her duties as as [sic] government employee.”[93][94][95]
- Speaking at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver on June 27, 2015, Fiorina noted that she supported civil unions and accompanying benefits, but reiterated her opposition to same-sex marriage. Fiorina explained, "Throughout the millennia and in every religion in the world, marriage has a very specific meaning. Marriage is a institution [sic] grounded in spirituality. It is the union of a man and a woman, and from that union comes life, and life is a gift from God."[96]
- On June 26, 2015, Fiorina posted her statement regarding Obergefell v. Hodges on Twitter. Fiorina wrote, in part, "The Court ruled today that all Americans should receive equal benefits and rights from the government under the law. I have always supported this view. However, this decision was also about the definition of marriage itself. I do not agree that the Court can or should redefine marriage. I believe that responsibility should have remained with states and voters where this conversation has continued in churches, town halls and living rooms around the country. Moving forward, however, all of our effort should be focused on protecting the religious liberties and freedom of conscience for those Americans that profoundly disagree with today’s decision."[97]
- During a 2010 debate, Carly Fiorina said, "I do believe that marriage is between a man and a woman, but also have been consistent and clear that I support civil unions for gay and lesbian couples. The Defense of Marriage Act had broad bipartisan support. And actually, the position I've consistently espoused is consistent with that of our President and a vast majority of senators in the U.S. Senate."[98]
Urban policy
- In October 2015, Carly Fiorina participated in the "Rural Town Hall" series hosted by RFD-TV, where she advocated for greater education in urban areas on the safety of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and other agricultural issues. She said, "[I]t is an ongoing challenge, obviously, and I know that you are engaged in educating people on this, I know the Farm Bureau is involved in educating people on this, and I will be engaged in educating people on this. There's so many examples of where science is quoted, but science is twisted. GMOs are one of them. Global Warming is another, where the fine print of the science is clear."[99]
- Discussing whether the federal minimum wage should be increased in August 2015, Fiorina said that it should be left to the states because the needs of larger metropolitans are different from those of smaller cities. She explained, “First, I believe that minimum wage should be a state decision, not a federal decision. Why? Because it makes no sense to say that the minimum wage in New York City is the same as the minimum wage in Mason City, Iowa. Secondly, we have to remember that a lot of minimum-wage jobs are jobs where people start, and in those jobs they learn skills to move forward. So we need to be honest about the consequences of raising a minimum wage too high. One of the consequences is that young people who are trapped in poor neighborhoods will have less opportunities to learn skills and move forward."[100]
- When asked for her policy position on affordable housing in July 2015, Fiorina said, "It's quite an issue with young people and it's also quite an issue with seniors, people who are living on a fixed income. ... I don't have a silver bullet answer that the president of the United States is going to do this. But what I do believe is that we need to have the conversation. ... In general, if you want greater abundance and lower prices, you need to lift the regulatory burden so more people can compete. There are a whole bunch of people who want to compete for cheap affordable student housing, and yet we make it hard, really hard."[101]
- In February 2015, Fiorina co-wrote an op-ed with Penny Nance in The Wall Street Journal opposing increasing the federal gas tax by 15 cents to help fund the Highway Trust Fund, which partially subsidizes mass transit in Boston, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington. "Moms in minivans from Miami to Seattle are paying for those cities’ subways or streetcars every time they fill up the tank. Which points to an obvious fix: The Highway Trust Fund should be spent only on highways. This simple reform would make the fund 98% solvent overnight," Fiorina and Nance wrote.[102]
Rural policy
- In October 2015, Carly Fiorina participated in the "Rural Town Hall" series hosted by RFD-TV, discussing a wide range of issues facing the farming industry and rural communities:[103]
- Fiorina said stewardship of the environment should return to local communities in rural areas. "I think we have to go back to a basic understanding that if your livelihood, your family, your community depend upon you doing a good job, defending the water, protecting the water, protecting wildlife, protecting the quality of the air. If your family and your community depend upon that, which rural families and communities do, I am prepared to make the bet that you're going to do a better job managing those things, than a nameless, faceless bureaucrat thousands of miles away, who actually doesn't understand anything about the local conditions," she said.[103]
- Fiorina criticized the federal government for instructing a farmer, during the avian flu crisis in 2014, to wait six weeks for instruction from them instead of euthanizing his infected birds. She condemned the "belief that somehow the bureaucrat who didn't know anything about poultry farming could tell this poultry farmer better how to protect his investment, not to mention his family," she said.[103]
- She said that the Dodd-Frank Act limited access to capital for farmers and she would "take a different direction" to regulate banks.[103]
- Fiorina supported phasing out the Renewable Fuel Standard over time.[103]
- She opposed mandatory labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). "GMOs have improved food production. They've fed millions and millions and millions of people. And so, this is an issue that's being raised by people who maybe don't understand, or maybe they don't want to understand, but it's yet again a problem that's being raised to provide power and control to government. So I don't think labeling is necessary, because I think the science is pretty clear that this is not only safe, but it's a benefit to people all over this nation, and all over the world," she said.[103]
- Fiorina called municipalities developing broadband companies in rural areas "a bad idea because government is never as innovative or as effective as the private sector."[103]
- Fiorina said opposition to the use of antibiotics in animal production was "a false problem." She continued, "Government creates a problem, and then government steps in to solve the problem. And in the process of stepping in to solve the problem they take more power. So a bunch of people are creating a problem. Antibiotics and food supply is an issue. And now government wants to step in and solve that problem. 'We need new regulation,' and the result of that is going to be more decision making and power in the hands of where it doesn't belong."[103]
- Fiorina spoke against government regulation of farming at the Iowa Corn Growers Association's annual meeting in August 2015. She said, “I have seen the agriculture industry almost destroyed in the state of California. By bad policies and bad politics. We have seen industry after industry after industry decimated, we are seeing the most productive agricultural land in the world – in the Central valley of California – being destroyed by the Environmental Protection Agency." Fiorina added, “Let us establish 2022 as the end point, let’s have a level playing field from now until 2022. But in 2022, the government needs to get out of all this. Fossil fuels, sugar, corn subsidies – government needs to get out of all it.”[104]
- In March 2015, Fiorina proposed phasing out all subsidies. She said, "We need to phase out sugar, oil and renewable fuels but do it at the same time so that we're not disadvantaging any one state or industry."[105]
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Footnotes
- ↑ NPR, "Carly Fiorina Ends Bid For Republican Presidential Nomination," February 10, 2016
- ↑ NPR, "Carly Fiorina Ends Bid For Republican Presidential Nomination," February 10, 2016
- ↑ Up Project, "Carly Fiorina," accessed March 31, 2015
- ↑ Fox News, "Carly Fiorina on crowded Republican presidential field," accessed March 31, 2015
- ↑ International Business Times, "Herman Cain Candidacy: No Precedent for a President Without Political Experience," October 3, 2011
- ↑ The Hill, "Carly Fiorina lauches 2016 bid: 'Yes, I am running for president,'" May 4, 2015
- ↑ NPR, "Carly Fiorina Ends Bid For Republican Presidential Nomination," February 10, 2016
- ↑ Facebook, "Carly Fiorina," February 10, 2016
- ↑ CNN, "Ted Cruz names Carly Fiorina as VP pick," April 27, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "Ted Cruz drops out of presidential race," May 3, 2016
- ↑ Crowdpac, "2016 Presidential Election," accessed July 27, 2015
- ↑ Leadership Project for American PAC, "Candidate's Grades and Comparisons," accessed July 27, 2015
- ↑ Breitbart, "Carly's Fiorina's Three-Page Tax Plan," November 11, 2015
- ↑ The Washington Post, "The third Republican debate transcript, annotated," October 28, 2015
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 Carly for CA, "Carly's Economic Growth Plan," accessed January 21, 2015
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 KPPC, "Transcript: KPCC debate between California Senate candidates Barbara Boxer and Carly Fiorina," September 30, 2010
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Who said what and what it meant: The 4th GOP debate, annotated," November 10, 2015
- ↑ Fox News, "Fiorina: Progressive Policies Have Crushed the Poor and Powerless," October 28, 2015
- ↑ Fox Business, "Carly Fiorina: I’ve Been Expecting a Correction," August 24, 2015
- ↑ The Hill, "Fiorina: Abolish Wall Street reform law," April 9, 2015
- ↑ Breitbart, "Carly Fiorina: U.S. Must ‘Do Whatever Is Necessary’ to Bar Terrorists from Entering the Nation," November 21, 2015
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Who said what and what it meant: The 4th GOP debate, annotated," November 10, 2015
- ↑ Fox News, "How Carly Fiorina plans to capitalize on the presidential debate buzz; Sen. Rand Paul fires back at Donald Trump's jabs," August 9, 2015
- ↑ Breitbart, "Ask Carly: Role of government," July 27, 2015
- ↑ Breitbart, "Fiorina: TPP Has ‘Trap Doors’ On Environment, ‘Complicated, Multi-Party Agreements Are Not In Our Interest,'" December 1, 2015
- ↑ Breitbart, "Carly Fiorina Om TPP Trade Deal: ‘A Mess’ Full of ‘Crony Capitalism,'" November 9, 2015
- ↑ NBC News, "Carly Fiorina on TPP Trade Deal: 'We Don't Know What's In the Deal,'" accessed May 13, 2015
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Who said what and what it meant: The 4th GOP debate, annotated," November 10, 2015
- ↑ The Wall Street Journal, "Meet the Father of Zero-Based Budgeting,' March 26, 2015
- ↑ Carly for CA, “Fiscal Accountability,” accessed January 21, 2015
- ↑ The Des Moines Register, "Fiorina addresses farmer’s concerns at Corn Growers meeting," August 29, 2015
- ↑ Des Moines Register, "Fiorina: Phase out federal energy incentives," accessed March 30, 2015
- ↑ The Des Moines Register, "Where candidates stand on economic opportunity," November 11, 2015
- ↑ PolitiFact, "Barbara Boxer says Carly Fiorina would penalize the elderly to balance the books," October 22, 2010
- ↑ National Journal, "Carly Fiorina: Raising the Minimum Wage Will Lead to 'Less Opportunity'," August 17, 2015
- ↑ CNN, "Carly Fiorina opposes paid maternity leave mandate," August 10, 2015
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 CNN, "CNN REAGAN LIBRARY DEBATE: Later Debate Full Transcript," September 16, 2015
- ↑ CBS News, "Carly Fiorina: U.S. broke every rule in Iran negotiations," July 14, 2015
- ↑ Fox News, "A false choice and a flawed deal," accessed April 10, 2015
- ↑ The Daily Beast, "Carly Fiorina’s Military Would Cost an Extra $500 Billion (And That’s Before the New Nukes)," September 17, 2015
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Transcript: Fox Business undercard Republican debate," January 14, 2016
- ↑ CNN, "Rush Transcript second debate: CNN Facebook Republican Presidential Debate," December 15, 2015
- ↑ Breitbart, "Carly Fiorina on Cybersecurity: ‘Now, It’s Urgent,'" December 14, 2015
- ↑ The Des Moines Register, "Cybersecurity, STEM education lead issues at tech forum," December 7, 2015
- ↑ USA Today, "GOP 2016 contenders bash North Korea bomb test," January 6, 2016
- ↑ CNN, "Rush Transcript second debate: CNN Facebook Republican Presidential Debate," December 15, 2015
- ↑ Live 5 News, "Carly Fiorina speaks to military at Citadel during stop in SC," December 1, 2015
- ↑ The New York Times, "Carly Fiorina Says Parents Should Choose on Child Vaccinations," August 14, 2015
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Carly Fiorina: Parents should not be forced to vaccinate their children," August 13, 2015
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Transcript: Fox News undercard GOP debate," January 28, 2016
- ↑ Glamour, "Carly Fiorina Exclusive: If Donald Trump Is the Nominee, Hillary Clinton Will Wipe the Floor With Him," January 12, 2016
- ↑ Glamour, "Carly Fiorina Exclusive: If Donald Trump Is the Nominee, Hillary Clinton Will Wipe the Floor With Him," January 12, 2016
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